Hello loyal viewers! Today I have a question, what would be the coolest superpower ever? Cartoon logic! Or, as we animators call it, the plausible impossible. This video contains several fun examples of this.

1. When Donald first opens the door, Gus hits him repeatedly with his umbrella. As he does this, you hear a clanking sound similar to banging two pots together. Now, I've been hit with an umbrella, and my head doesn't sound like that. Hopefully no one's head does. But, under the circumstances, this seems quite possible. Think about a head, especially the head of someone whose intellect you wouldn't exactly compliment. You may joke about their head being hollow. This exact logic applies to a cartoon you may not think of as smart, like Donald.

2. Another example comes when Gus rushes into the house to eat. Gus hits the chair and his body appears to vibrate, similar to a guitar string. It's as if he has rubber bones. Under the circumstances though, it kind of makes sense. Gus hits the chair with a tremendous amount of force. And as we all know, if you hit something hard enough, it's going to vibrate.

3. After Gus finishes the corn, he moves on to the meat and bread. He takes a pile in each hand, then shuffles them like cards. As funny as this is, it isn't possible to just shuffle bread and meat, no matter how good of a shuffler you are. But, in a way, this does make sense. Bread and meat are both flexible, and who says you may not be able to compact them and shuffle them.

4. A fourth example comes when Gus starts on the spaghetti. From his coat he grabs two needles and proceeds to knit the spaghetti into a sock, before slurping it down his throat. Spaghetti isn't strong enough to be knitted into a sock. It would snap under it's own weight. But, since spaghetti closely resembles string, and is in many ways similar, Gus may just have what he needs to knit it into a sock.

5. Finally, a moment comes when Gus uses a loaf of bread to soak up a mug of coffee. It does this in a fashion similar to a pipet, and much faster than a sponge. Bread, even though it can absorb water, cannot do so in such a manner. But, since it is somewhat absorbent, it can be assumed that it can soak up water.

Hello loyal viewers! This was our next project in animation! Following in the footsteps of Walt Disney, we created a multiplane background. I myself created a World War 1 battlefield with a personal twist, airships moving across the sky. I learned how to stagger background layers to create a 3D appearance. I also learned how layer effects can also add a 3D appearance, such as stroke and satin. And finally, I learned that adjustments to opacity of light colors can make them look a lot like searchlights. Thanks for viewing and feel free to comment!

Keyframes in AfterEffects

Original Drawing of Animation

Drawing to Animation.

Hello my few loyal viewers! Those of you who are steampunk geeks like myself will likely look at this and go,"Huh, that looks an awful lot like a cross between a Dishonored Tallboy, and a walking machine from 9..." Well loyal viewers, you are correct in that assumption... I drew this fascinating machine and then scanned it into Photoshop. It was in Photoshop that I colored and sized it appropriately. I then moved it into After Effects where I put it together and animated it. It was by far the hardest animation I've ever done. The legs on the sides instead of behind a body made it particularly difficult. (Who knew walking was so hard.) But after crab walking everywhere for about three days, I finally got the motion down. After that, it just came down to timing. All in all, I loved this animation and can't wait to do another like it.

This is Bocefus the worm. My next animation project. I made him in After Effects and used puppet pins to animate him. It took some work but all in all it was a fun project.